Medications
Isoflurane, Desflurane, Sevoflurane for example
What are volatile gases?
The components of a complete patient assessment
What are ABCDE, focussed assessment, and secondary assessment
Wheezing, increased work of breathing, may require Ventolin
What is bronchospasm
The requirements to discharge a patient from Phase 1 recovery after the application of a warming blanket for unexpected hypothermia
What are 2 normothermic temperatures: 15 minutes and 30 minutes after the removal of the warming blanket?
This is a disk-shaped object prevents the buildup of fluids at a surgical site
What is a Hemovac drain?
The reversal agent used for opioid overdose
What is naloxone?
An assessment completed for patients with spinal fusions, laminectomies, and discectomies
What is spinal cord testing?
A patient remains unconscious for longer than expected
What is delayed emergence?
Screening is done to ensure patients with this are not given succinylcholine or volatile gases
What is turn off the pump?
The rescue medication for someone experiencing LAST
What are lipids?
Done to assess the level of sensory blockade
Symptoms of LAST (local anesthetic systemic toxicity
What are tinnitus, metallic taste, perioral numbness, confusion, muscle twitching, hallucinations, seizures
Used to determine if an art line tracing is over or under damped
What is the square wave test?
What is an epidural
The medication used in a malignant hyperthermia crisis
What is Dantrolene?
The frequency dressings must be assessed in Phase 1 recovery
What is q15 minutes x1, then q30 minutes
Laryngospasm
What is an airway emergency where a patient's vocal cords involuntarily contract and block their airway?
Triggers for post operative nausea and vomiting
What are volatile gases and Ketamine?
The frequency that drains should be assessed and charted in Phase 1
What is q30 minutes
Neostigmine, glycopyrrolate, and sugammadex for example
What are paralytic reversals?
The minimum Aldrete score a patient with a peripheral nerve block can be discharged from phase 1
8/10 (-1 for activity and -1 for O2 saturation)
May be caused by the sympathetic response to local anesthetic
What is hypotension
Patients with this cannot receive succinylcholine because it will cause prolonged paralysis
What is pseudocholinesterase deficiency?
These are the requirements for discharging a patient who had spinal analgesia